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Worldwide, suicide claims around one million lives every year. So, which countries have the highest suicide rates?

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OECD Suicide Rates

Why South Koreans are killing themselves in droves

“Suicide represents the nation’s fourth-leading cause of death.”

Guyana: mental illness, witchcraft, and the highest suicide rate in the world

“At a staggering rate of 44.2 suicides per 100,000 people (the global average is 16 per 100,000) the small nation of Guyana in South America has the highest rate of suicide in the world.”

The Suicide Capital of the World

“The posters are plastered on school walls and at bus stops across Greenland’s capital city.”

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